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Happy Campers

Members of the “Camper” camera and sampling team gather on the fantail of the icebreaker Oden before the last launch of the vehicle in the Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition. From left: Phil Forte, who piloted the winch and wire that maneuvered Camper near the seafloor; John Bailey, who built Camper and operated its sampling devices; WHOI geochemist Susan Humphris; John Kemp, head of deck operations; and WHOI biologist Tim Shank. (Photo by Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)